Metal container



Patented Dec. 11, 1928.

UNITED STATES lPrrrENT foFFlcE.

WILLIAM W. HODGSON',u OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CONTINENTAL COM- PANY, INC., OF NEW' YORK, N. Y., Al CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

METAL CONTAINER.

Application filed June 17, 1925. Serial No. 37,750.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in metal contamers, and more particularly to a metal container whichmay be closed vso that the contents thereof may be put up under vacuum, and whichl can be readily opened by the aid of a ripping strip. An object of the invention is to provide a container of the above character, with a .construction of closing end, which, when severed from the body of the container by .the aidof the' ripping strip, may be again applied tothe container as a removable cover` held on the body portion by frictionalcontact therewith.

A further object of the invention is to provide a container ofthe above type wherein the frictional'grip between the end and the container body is obtained by the aid. of a central depressed portionv in the container end fand. an inwardly projecting curved bead on the body portion, the severing or ripping strip beingformed in the container between said bead and the seam at the upper edge thereof securing the end tol the contail the structure of the parts contained in Fig. 1 for uniting the end to the. container body, so that it may be severed therer'rmn,`

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rig. 41s a. similar View but flowing'a1-@ Av end as severed from the container b odyand again applied as a friction closure.

`The invention is directed 'broadly toa container wherein, the end for closing the container 4is secured thereto by 'a double seam or some other form of seam, so that the container fwhen closed may be putunder vacuum. The container is', particularly adapted for putting up tobacco in` vacuum.l

In orderthatthis container may be readily opened so that access may be had to the contents thereof. the container is scored ust below the double seam joining the end to the body of the container, by two parallel lines, so that a strip may be ripped from the body of the container, and th'ns the end, together with its attaching seam, severed from the remainder vof the container body. Just belew the lower scoring line` there is an in wardly projecting curved bead. The end o f the container has a central depressed portion with a. vertical wall, the outer face of which is of substantially the .same diameter asthe inner face oi said bead, so that when sald end 1s severed from the container body,

the end may be again applied to the container, the central depressedportion extending into the body portion of the container, and thefvertical wall referred. to making con'-4 tact with said bead, so as to frictionally hold the end on the container as a removable cover therefor.` A

Referring more in detail to the drawings,

my improved container'includes av body? p0rtion 1 which is preferably in'the :tormv of a cylinder and is closed-at its lower endby all lend portion 2 which is joined thereto by a double seam 3. This container is provided w1th`an inwardly projecting bead 4, a short distance below the upper end thereof. In the commercial containerwhen completed the bead begins ata point in the cylindrical wall and extends continuously on the arc of a circle inwardly, upwardly and outwardly and terminates in said cylindrical wall. The bead can, therefore, bevery easily formed by a spinning tool and made of accurate inner diameter. Between this bead and the upper end of the body portion of the container are two parallel spaced scoring jlines 5 and 6, formlng Aa ripping strip for severing the portion of the container adjacent the upper .edge from the remainderzof the container,

and on a line just above the bead 4. This v ripping strip is provided with the usual tongue 7 which may be engaged by akey so that the strip maybe rolled and torn along the scoring lines. The container isv closed by Vmeans of an end 48 which has a central depressed portion forming a. vertical wall 9.

The outer flange 1.0 of this end is rolled into a double seam with the usual flange on the container body, which double seam is indi- K cated at 1 1 in the drawings;

The container is especially adapted for putting up tobacco in vacuum. The container is filled with the tobacco, after which theV end 8 is secured thereto by the double seam 11 and during the closing of the container, it is put under vacuum. When it is desired to get access to the contents, the rip strip formed by. the scoring lines is torn out, thus releasing the closing end from the body portionl of the container. The closing'end has a very short portion of the body metal stillV attached thereto. The vertical wall 9 is of smaller diameter than the container, and as a matter of fact, the outer surface of this' vertical wall 9 is of substantially the same diameter as the minimum diameter of the inwardly projecting bead 4. This vertical wall 9 is of suicient length also, so that when the strip is severed from the body of the can releasing the end therefrom, the end may be again placed on the container body andthe central portion of the end will pass down into the container body as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 4. When this end is so placed' noted that I'have provided a vacuum tobacco container, which, in a measure, is selfcontained, and everything goes withthe con tainer when sold as an article with the tobacco content therein, which enables the container to be quickly opened, and the opening of the container provides a'reclosure for the container. That is to say, the ripping strip severs tli'e bodyportion, so thattlie end.

with the depressed portion can engage the inwardly projecting bead and thus formA of the end andthe severed portion attachedthereto, a closure.- When the end, as a closure, is applied to thel container body, and

the vertical wall engages said head, that portion of the container which is still attaclied to the removed I,double seam, now a part of the closure, willI engage the upper edge of the re-formed body, and limit the inward movement of the closure. In other words, the closure ma be forced into thev bead, and constructe so that some little force is required to cause the closure to be applied to the container, and 'at the same time, the distance which said end 4is forced into the closure is limited. The scoring line 6 is positioned just above the bead 4, so that there is substantially no raw edge of material liable to cut the hand in reachinginto the container. That is to say, the.upper curved portion of the bead forms, in a measure, the mouth portion of the container body after the end isV severed therefrom by the aid of the rip strip.`

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction and the arrangement of the parts ma be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth v in the appended claims. j

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A commercial metal container` when completed comprising a cylindrical body portion and a closin end secured thereto by a double seam, said ody portion having an inwardly projecting semi-circular bead in the wall thereof, said bead being spaced from the upper end of the body portion fand beginning at a point in the cylindrical wall and extending continuously on the arc |of a circle inwardly, upwardly and outwardly and terminating in said cylindrical wall, said body having parallel score lines between the bead and the upper end thereof forming a ripping strip having a projecting tongue to aid in tearing the metal along the score lines, one of said score lines being disposed ]'ust below the double seam and the other just above the upper edge of said bead, said closing end having a depressed portion providing an inset vertical wall, the diameter of which is slightl greater than the in ner diameter of said ad, said inset verti cal wall lying below the upper score line so as to frictionally engagesaid bead for reclosure after the ripping strip has been removed.

2. A metal container comprisinga cylin-` drical body portion having an inwardly projecting semi-circular bead in the wall thereof, saidbead being spaced from the upper end of the body portion, said body portion having parallel scoring lines between the bead and the upper end thereof forming a ripping strip, said ripping strip having a projecting tongue to aidiin tearing the metal along the scoring lines, a closing end having a central depression and an outwardly projecting ange adapted to be forrred with the ange of the body into a double seam, .the

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upper scoring line beinglocated just below substantially a horizontal plane containing `the upper score line, the diameter of seid iiset portion bein slightly greater than the inner diameter o sai bead whereby `afiser said end has been severed from the body por- 5 tion of the container by'the aid of the rigping strip, said end can be placed on t containerlbody' with the' vertical,wellric v tionally engaging said bead and the I'ruptured edges in the body in engagement with each other and serving as a stop for limit- 10 ing theinward movement of the vertical wall along qseid bead.

In testimon whereol'axm signeture.

- LIAM W. HO GSON.. 

